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diet and exercise

A heart-shaped cake

Humans

Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

National Health Service data reveals that around Valentine’s Day there is a 5 per cent rise in the number of babies conceived in England

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prosthetics

Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Culture

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Life

What is our place in the natural world?

Culture

Cotton swab in mouth

Health

I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

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We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

Health

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

addiction artwork

Health

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

Features

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Health

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

Culture

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

Earth

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

The discovery that chimps and some monkeys have a long history of making tools is forcing us to rethink our own cultural evolution

Features

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

Health

Time for the UK to stop dithering and add folic acid to bread

Comment

Health

Mediterranean diet linked to higher chance of successful IVF

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Earth

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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